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    "North, north!"

    "When the company goes ashore, the whole company goes north! When the battalion goes ashore, the whole battalion goes north without stopping! When the regiment goes ashore, the whole regiment goes north without stopping! If you encounter a heavy enemy force and you can't defeat it, go around it. If you can't go around it, hold on and wait for reinforcements!"

    From the mouth of the Shatt al-Arab to the port of Lige, all radio stations on the more than 200 kilometers wide front received this order.  The Wehrmacht's battalion tactics were fully brought into play at this time. Almost as long as they kept their feet on the ground, grassroots officers could quickly organize the troops to advance north.  Because all the soldiers know that now is the time when the Soviet army is in the most chaos. Whether they can capture Ahvaz as soon as possible, clear out the Soviet army in the south and gain a foothold has become the key to the entire Persian campaign!  At this time, what is most lacking is not aircraft and artillery, but whether the follow-up troops can keep up in time.

    Distance is the biggest enemy. Since the straight-line distance across the strait is two hundred kilometers wide, even a transport plane would take half an hour.  Therefore, Bai Chongxi was very worried about the Soviet counterattack, so he asked Zhu Jiande to come to the front line in person.

    By the time the plane arrived at Shahpur Port, the fighting here had ended.

    Although the Soviet army had two infantry regiments, a 152mm heavy artillery battalion and twenty BT7 tanks here, they collapsed in less than an hour in the face of sea bombardment by a Xiangjiang-class light cruiser and two Qinling-class destroyers.  .  When Ran Nanxuan led the third battalion of the 22nd Independent Armored Regiment to cut off the retreat route, they wiped out the Soviet army at the cost of only two 31 tanks. There were more than 1,400 prisoners of war alone, and 13 BT7 tanks were also captured.  , 25 cannons, 43 trucks and other weapons and equipment.

    Looking down from the sky, the two berths of the harbor were crowded. The engineers who landed first also used captured Soviet tanks as bridge piers and built a temporary berth next to them using Bailey bridge components.  Groups of infantrymen wearing desert camouflage uniforms quickly disembarked from the ship with carrying equipment on their backs, and cranes were busy unloading various trucks.  Since there are only three berths, landing is not very fast.  In order to solve the problem of force projection, the engineers also opened a landing field on the sand outside the harbor, and a total of 47 Y-6s flew to and from both sides of the bay.

    Because of seaport restrictions.  The ro-ro wheel with the largest throughput capacity cannot enter, so the two armored divisions with the strongest combat effectiveness of the group army must wait for Abadan to be captured before they can go ashore.  Now landing at Shahpur Port are the 6th Motorized Infantry Division and the 36th Infantry Division of the Fourth Army.  As for the third battalion of the 22nd Independent Armored Regiment that secured the seaport, they have already moved to Behbehan in the east after hurriedly refueling. They will be stuck there together with the leading troops of the 36th Infantry Division, cutting off the connection between Lige Port and Ahvaz.  .

    ??Yunqi is currently the best general aircraft in the world. It only needs an open space the size of a tennis court to land, so Zhu Jiande directly let the aircraft land in the harbor.  As soon as I got off the plane, I saw Wang Xi, commander of the 6th Motorized Rifle Division, and ran over.

    Zhu Jiande was a subordinate of Cai E. After the Yunnan Army merged into the National Defense Forces, he participated in the Central Plains War with Beiyang and fought in Jinzhou.  Been to France.  Especially the European War was a turning point in his life. From an ordinary officer with a narrow vision to going abroad to participate in world-class battles, the rewards cannot be described in words.  After returning to China, he entered the National Defense University for further studies, and also took advantage of the good relations between China and Germany to study at the German Army Academy.  Precisely because every step was difficult, he used his troops steadily.

    In Jiang Fangzhen¡¯s words, Zhu Jiande¡¯s ability to use troops is the best among the entire army, but if he is allowed to attack, there may be deficiencies.  But if it is allowed to stabilize a war zone, there is no need to worry even if there are twice as many enemies.  Zhu Jiande is not good at attacking, but he doesn't know how to attack. He has long wanted to try his offensive skills given such a good opportunity.  So without saying any nonsense, I asked Wang Xi: "How is the situation?"

    Wang Xi also participated in the European War as a recruit and served as a trainee squad leader in Zhu Jiande's regiment, so he quickly put the map on the hood of the jeep: "The troops have spread out in three directions. The Second Battalion of the 22nd Armored Regiment and  A regiment of the 73rd Division has surrounded Abadan. Although there are two Soviet infantry divisions here, we have the air force and three frigates to provide fire support. We should be able to defend until the main force of the 73rd Division arrives. The third battalion of the Armored Regiment and two of the 36th Division  The battalion has already set off for Behbehan, and I also sent a motorized infantry regiment to follow. Only here is Shadegan! A Soviet tank regiment is rushing towards us. There are about 80 tanks, many of which have never been seen before.  new tanks. The Navy has sent dive bombers to help, and the Air Force was originally going to go, but just received a report that three infantry divisions and three to four tank battalions have been found coming out of Tehran and heading south along the railway, so the Air Force bombers first  We have to deal with the Soviet troops moving south, so we won¡¯t have time to support us until tomorrow morning.¡±

    Sadegan is located 60 kilometers northwest of the harbor. It is the southern gate into and out of Ahvaz. The terrain along the way is flat and there is no danger to defend.  Now the bombers are going to block Tehran's reinforcements, and the navy has to support two directions, which happens to be a gap period.  So Zhu Jiande immediately asked: "Who is responsible for attacking in the Shadaigan direction?"

    "The 1st Tank Battalion and the Infantry Battalion of the 22nd Regiment. Wang Xi looked up at his watch: "Counting the time, we should have already encountered them.  ".

      Fifteen kilometers southeast of Shadegan, thirty-two Type 36 main battle tanks and eight Type 25 light tanks camouflaged in desert camouflage spread out in attack formation and quietly hid behind the sand dunes.  The temperature in the car under the sun has exceeded 40¡ã, and the signal soldier is already sweating profusely after saying a few words. He turns off the radio and lifts his head, leaning half of his body out of the car. Li Jin: "Commander. The navy said that the enemy has already  Four kilometers to the west of us, you can see over the sand dunes ahead that there are a total of forty-two new tanks and thirty-two T26s. They have killed all five reconnaissance T26s as you said, but the cannon fire  The new tank¡¯s armor won¡¯t move, so let¡¯s be careful.¡±

    "Got it. Let the reconnaissance company set off and lure them over!" Li Jin didn't seem to pay attention to the thick-skinned Soviet heavy tanks at all. He waited until the returning Navy dive bombers disappeared to the south before folding them.  He stuffed the map into his coat pocket and picked up the telescope again.

    Tank battles are not simply relying on thick skin and thick flesh to run rampant. Even the strongest tank has its weaknesses, so setting up an ambush is one of the most common tactics.  Originally, according to the order of the headquarters, the 1st Battalion should rush into Shadegan as quickly as possible, but after learning that a new Soviet tank regiment suddenly emerged here, he had no intention of letting go of this fat piece of meat, and specifically selected this place as a  Set up an ambush.

    From the surrounding topography, it can be seen that this is a saline-alkali sand land formed by floods in ancient times. The floods washed out many low sand dunes.  The 22nd Regiment is now behind a sand dune more than 30 meters high. As long as you climb over the sand dune, you can see the Shadegan Oasis.  So after learning that HNA had killed the Soviet reconnaissance tank, he immediately ordered the reconnaissance company to lure the "fat" over.

    Although the Type 25 tank is nicknamed Iron Bull.  But it is no longer the main tank of the National Defense Force, but its small and fast tank is very suitable for reconnaissance missions, so each division will be organized into one or two companies.  The 22nd Regiment also has a reconnaissance company, one of which has already gone to Abadan with Zhao Sanbiao. After the remaining two platoons received the order, eight 25 tanks formed a fan-shaped reconnaissance formation and crossed the sand dunes.  The place rushed.

    At this time, Colonel Ravensky, who came from Moscow, did not know that his opponent was already under his nose. He was competing with his KV1 tank: "Denovich, can you go faster?"

    The captain emerged from the crowded cockpit.  Shake hard: "Sorry, Comrade Colonel, this is already the fastest speed."

    "Damn it, Marshal Voroshilov has a liar son-in-law! He deceived the General Secretary and should be shot!" Ravensky used to be a low-level officer in the Political Department of the Soviet Army. He relied on reporting and flattery to rise to Moscow in a few years.  The military colonel also relied on his early experience as a tank platoon leader to become the first batch of officers to command new tanks.  But he was born with a bad temper and often insulted junior officers.  This time, he vented his anger on Ke Jing, the kv1 tank designer.

    In fact, under the pressure of the excitement of the World Expo and the poor quality of Soviet tanks in Afghanistan, tank designers such as Kogin have realized the crisis, and through serious and active work, they finally came up with two advanced tanks, T34 and KV1.  But they don't know.  The engines sent for testing by the engine factory were actually made of imported materials. After entering production, they discovered that the domestic materials were substandard and the finished products did not meet the requirements at all.  But the factory did not dare to tell the truth, which resulted in a serious disconnect between experimental data and production data.  Even if there is flat sand in front of him, the speed of kv1 at this moment is only 11 kilometers per hour, which cannot even reach the 12 kilometers off-road test data.

    "Comrade Colonel. The reconnaissance company's T26 has been blown up. Do you want to send more people?"

    Not to mention the slow speed of kv1, five T26 fast tanks were killed by dive bombers. Ravensky was very angry.  After hearing the report, he immediately shouted: "Don't waste your energy, the enemy plane will not come back for the time being, use the time to speed up!"

    After Ravensky drove away the messenger, he got into the slow KV1 carriage, but the intense heat inside the carriage made him very uncomfortable. Just as he was about to get out again for some air, he heard shouting from outside: "Enemy attack!"

    KV1 has no periscope or radio, so Ravensky can only lean out to check.  Only then did I realize that the sand to the east was already filled with blowing sand, and eight Type 25 light tanks of the Chinese National Defense Force appeared in view.  The 25 tanks on the opposite side seemed ill-prepared for the sudden encounter with such a large tank regiment. They quickly stopped a kilometer away, then reversed and opened fire at the place.

    "Boom."

    A shell hit the kv1 at the front, but after the kv1 paused for a moment, it spewed out black smoke again.  After seeing that the enemy's tank guns could not penetrate the KV1, Ravensky happily ordered the entire team to pursue them.  Fortunately, he also knew that kv1 could not catch up with the light tanks with fast cross-country speed, so he ordered t26 to chase first, and he followed with kv1.

    The T26 is lighter than the 25 Tieniu and has worse protection, but its speed and the 45mm tank gun on it are still damaging, so the reconnaissance company did not hesitate to fight and accelerated to turn around and flee in the direction it came from.  Seeing the Chinese tanks being driven all over the ground, Ravensky and the Soviet tank crew finally figured out what to do.He took a bad breath.  I don¡¯t know if I felt the joyful mood, but even the snail-slow KV1 battle group performed exceptionally and actually increased its speed by three kilometers.

    "Commander! Here we come, everyone is here! In front are 27 T26s, and behind are new tanks!"

    "Is the anti-tank gun of the infantry battalion in place? Very good! The first company is covering from the right! The second and third companies are leading. Pay attention to me! After knocking out the T26, use ordinary bullets for the first two rounds. If it cannot penetrate, use the third round.  Just use tungsten bombs!" Hearing the excited shouts on the radio, the battalion hiding behind the sand dunes immediately took action.  Li Jin was also worried about the thick armor of the new tank, so he specifically reminded him to use high-speed tungsten bullets if ordinary armor-piercing bullets could not penetrate.

    The manufacturing of tungsten bombs is extremely difficult. If Yang Qiu had not obtained tungsten carbide technology from Germany through an order in 1929, it might not be possible to manufacture it now.  Moreover, there are rumors in the army that the cost of a tungsten bomb is five times that of an ordinary armor-piercing bomb, so even the Type 36 tank only has five tungsten bombs per vehicle.

    As soon as the first battalion and the four 85mm anti-tank guns hidden in the sea of ??sand were ready, several dust pillars were stirred up on the sand dunes in front of them.  The power of the 45mm/L46 tank gun of the Hong Kong T-26 tank is quite good.  The shells kept hitting the top of the sand dunes, making Li Jin sweat for the reconnaissance company.  Fortunately, the first 25 Tieniu soon appeared in sight, and then the other seven quickly crossed the sand dunes and rushed down.

    The temporary loss of the target did not discourage the T26 tank. On the contrary, it pursued it even more urgently.  But they didn't know that behind the invisible sand dune, the 25 Tieniu who were fleeing in panic just now had all turned around, and the thick 85/l56 gun barrels next to them were all aimed at the top of the dune.

    "Send signal! Speed ??up, speed up quickly, don't let the enemy escape!" There is no trace of the enemy.  Colonel Lavinsky was jumping up and down in a hurry, urging him to speed up.

    The twenty-seven T26 tanks that had been chased were spread out in a scattered formation and were thousands of meters wide. The sand and dust kicked up by the tracks made every 36 tank hold its breath.  Finally, the first T26 appeared on the top of the sand dune, followed by six more that rushed up behind.  But before the Soviet tank crews could see the situation clearly, a series of shells had already rushed out of the barrel.

    It¡¯s less than 600 meters, and the target is in a high and dazzling position. It¡¯s easier than shooting!

    "Clang, bang, bang, bang."

    Amidst a series of metal collisions and explosions, the 12 85mm/L56 tank guns of the 1st Battalion and 2nd Company gave T26 a good taste of what strong firepower is!  The seven T26s in front didn't even react.  It was hit by a cannonball.  Two of them were directly hit, and the remaining five were hit by ammunition racks and exploded.  The explosion threw up 10 tons of steel, and then it disintegrated in front of everyone's eyes.

    Due to the suddenness of the incident, the T26 following behind had no time to brake.  There had just been an explosion here, and three more vehicles had climbed up to the top of the hill.  The long-awaited third company was unceremonious, and 12 armor-piercing bullets were thrown at them in groups, as easy as shooting a volley.

    Just over a minute.  Ten T26s become scrap metal.  The continuous explosions and the roar of artillery fire on the top of the dune scared the remaining T26s to turn around, and Colonel Ravensky, who was still charging this way a kilometer away, was even more dumbfounded.  Even the finger bones when I pinched the armrest turned white!  At first he thought it was a landmine, but the sound of cannon fire told him mercilessly that there was an ambush!

    "Go, go, go!"

    Li Jin grabbed the microphone and gave the order loudly.  Twenty-four 36 tanks that had been waiting for a long time rushed up the sand dunes at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour like hungry tigers.  Then, from the wreckage of the destroyed tank, it rushed towards the KV1 tank regiment in the distance at a faster speed than the Soviet tank just now.  At the same time, a circuitous line of twelve 36 tanks also began to accelerate, circling towards the enemy from the flanks.

    "Fire! Fire!"

    Seeing the tanks rushing down, Lavinsky turned pale with fright and quickly ordered to fire.

    After the classic car-like KV1 tank group slowly came to a stop, the 42 76mm/L41 tank guns quickly raised. The Soviet gunners focused on looking at the 36 tank group chasing T26 comrades two kilometers away, calculating the distance while firing hard.  Swallow.

    Rumble.

    It was the turn of the 42 76 guns to engage in volley fire, but what dumbfounded Ravensky and the Soviet tank crews was that several shells had clearly hit the target, but the opponent did not even slow down, but only paused and charged again.  Come up.  "Is it because the distance is too far and the armor-piercing bullets did not exert their maximum power?" Ravensky thought to himself.

    Since there is no stable fire control in this era, tanks need to stop before firing. Many times, tanks being pursued take advantage of this to escape.  But the T26s couldn't escape this time, because their speed in the sand was only 25 kilometers per hour, while the Type 36 tanks could reach speeds of up to 40 kilometers per hour in this saline-alkali sand, so they could easily catch up.  to 300 meters and then stop steadily.

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    After Li Jin¡¯s tank hit a T26 again, he was just about to start and move forward when he heard the sound from the front of the turret.There was a violent crash.  After the failure in Afghanistan, the Soviet army greatly increased the speed of developing and manufacturing new tanks, but there was not much improvement in armor-piercing ammunition.  The 76mm steel core armor-piercing projectile used by the KV1 tank can barely deal with the Type 31, let alone the Type 36.

    After the front 120 mm is laid at an angle of 60 degrees, the actual protection effect is equal to 200 mm homogeneous steel plate, the side is equal to 130 mm homogeneous steel plate, and even the back has 60 mm protection capability.  As for the turret, because it uses the shape of the AMX30, the frontal protection is equivalent to 230 mm!  When the 76/L41 tank gun hits it, it's like scratching an itch!

    Yes!  In the eyes of the Soviet gunner on the opposite side who was about to cheer after the hit, Li Jin's tank stretched like a rhinoceros bitten by a mosquito, suddenly rushed forward for a hundred meters and then braked, aiming its long barrel.  he.  "Fuck your grandma, you dare to hit me!" The loading hand, which was bruised by the shock, pushed in a tungsten alloy armor-piercing bullet.

    "Bearing 010, firing distance 1370 meters!"

    "Boom!"

    After a loud noise, the periscope was obscured by smoke.  After the tank crew immediately started to rush out of the smoke, everyone saw that a black hole had appeared on the turret of the hit KV1.

    "shorten the distance!"

    After seeing the last escaping T26 being caught on fire by three 25 tanks, Li Jin decisively ordered to close the distance.  As the distance gets closer, more and more kv1s start hitting the opponent.  But most of them just hit a white spot on the front, and only one accidentally hit the gunner's periscope, causing him to have to stop and rely on the commander's periscope to search for the target.

    This scene made the Soviet tank soldiers collectively go crazy!  What kind of monster are you facing?  It's already 700 meters, and we haven't actually destroyed one yet!  "Reverse, quickly reverse!" At this time, no matter how stupid Colonel Ravensky was, he knew that kv1 was no match for the opponent, so he quickly ordered the car to reverse and tried to escape.

    But it¡¯s too late!

    "Colonel, left!"

    The company that detoured to the side and rear rolled up a sky full of yellow sand, directly cutting off Colonel Ravensky's retreat route.  Without wireless coordination, the Soviet tank soldiers who lacked training began to panic. The panicked KV1 lost command and ran around. Some people rushed to the left, some were preparing to escape to the right, and more wanted to defeat the retreating company head-on.

    "Fire! Fire!" Facing the chaotic group of KV1 tanks, the first battalion was like a tiger rushing into the herd of sheep, firing continuously to hit the opponent.  The slow speed and steering left KV1 completely unable to fight back.

    There is no need for expensive tungsten bombs anymore!  Within 700 meters, the 85mm/L56 tank gun can penetrate the KV1 from any direction.

    "Boom, boom boom!" Explosion, explosion, explosion!  One KV1 after another was hit by armor-piercing projectiles and detonated. Even if there was no detonation, someone would deliberately get closer to the location of the ammunition and fire another shot.

    The steel was twisted and disintegrated in the flames and explosions, and the occasional Soviet tank soldiers who rushed out did not escape the coaxial machine gun fire.

    Massacre!

    A naked massacre!

    From the time the first T26 was hit, in less than forty minutes, the tank regiment that Lemachev had hidden as a secret weapon was completely wiped out!  Not only were all thirty-two T26 tanks destroyed, but even the KV1 tanks, which Stalin had high hopes for, were finally unable to control their fear after twenty-five tanks were destroyed, and they raised white flags one after another.  The first battalion only lost one Type 25 and one Type 36 was damaged.

    Li Jin stood in the car and looked at Colonel Lavinsky, who had his arms raised and his face ashen under the soldier's gun. He smiled slightly, then threw away the cigarette butt and stood up.

    "Send a telegram to the headquarters!"

    ¡°There are no tanks in front of our battalion!¡±¡­
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